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Massaging the medium: “messaging” in the social media age

September 16, 2010

“Under a free enterprise system commercial propaganda by every and any means is absolutely indispensable. But the indispensable is not necessarily the desirable. What is demonstrably good in the sphere of economics may be far from good for men and women as voters or even as human beings.” ~Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited, 1958 […]

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Why do global warming denial hustlers get a green light from newspapers?

September 13, 2010

Northern Hemisphere warming anomaly, 2009 (NASA) Media corporations often exhibit a strange lack of scrutiny when it comes to misleading and outright fraudulent claims by greenwashers and astroturf groups intent on clouding the waters on environmental issues. Some newspapers are worse than others, I have noticed over decades of (unscientific) analysis. Last week, the Vancouver […]

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The Kinsol Trestle restoration project progresses

September 9, 2010

Across The Abyss, painting by Paul Grignon Update: This extraordinary restoration project is now complete. On a recent sunny September (2012) day, I rode out to the the Kinsol Trestle to see what the fuss was about. As autumn arrives on southern Vancouver Island, construction workers on the Kinsol Trestle restoration project are making the […]

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The Kootenay school of common sense

September 6, 2010

Happy Labour Day! I’ve resurrected a piece that I believe will, unfortunately, prove relevant for some time to come, and which I hope will serve to remind what we are celebrating today—the sacrifices of pioneer workers—and what we must continuously defend. The original version was published on the newly-launched rabble, in 2001. On to Ottawa Every few […]

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Why the best randonneur bikes stay with traditional geometry

September 2, 2010

Van Nicholas Yukon in Motion (click to enlarge) As noted elsewhere on VeloWeb, there is no definitive answer to the question “What’s the perfect bike for randonneuring?” Every kind of pedalled, rowed and even scooted machine has, with determined rider aboard, completed the queen of brevets Paris-Brest-Paris. Still, we can discuss in general terms the best […]

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Adventures in print and film: the Heinrich Harrer legacy

August 31, 2010

“Let us grant courage and the love of pure adventure their own justification, even if we cannot produce any material support for them.” ~Heinrich Harrer, The White Spider Eiger Nordwand Thirty years ago, I read the classic of mountaineering literature The White Spider, by Heinrich Harrer, a history of early attempts on the north face […]

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